Winter 2000 – MIT Spectrum

Sina Kevin Nazemi interviews President Bill Clinton at a Cleveland hotel when Nazemi was in the sixth grade. Image: White House Photography

Dear Mr. President

Freshman Sina Kevin Nazemi interviewed President Clinton when Nazemi was in the sixth grade. He now hopes to become a U.S. Senator.

We Become What We Believe

Freshman Margarita Marinova, who already has co-authored five scientific papers, intends one day to fly to Mars. “You’ve got to hold onto your dream,” she says.

Beyond Number

Freshman Jason Robért wrote The Lab Puzzle Book, a collection of high-level math problems; then he established a company to sell the book and a nonprofit organization to distribute it.

Two days after he launched his business on the Internet, freshman Matt Yourst got a customer from Singapore.

Establishing A Company

Matt Yourst began a high-tech company when he was 15. “I’ve always had an inventive spirit, right from the beginning,” he says.

A boy with an iron will, David Van Valen believes there is nothing he cannot achieve.

David Van Valen was accepted to MIT when he was 13. Now a 14-year-old freshman, he says: “I’d like to develop something like the theory of relativity. I want to do something that has a lasting impact on society.”